Musicians

ABBA, with keyboardist Benny Andersson, actually took off with their third record, anchored by the favorite tune “Mamma Mia,” which put ABBA atop the UK graph, a place it could hold nine times between 1974 and 1980. ABBA’s two greatest hits collections, were extremely successful, while singles like “Dancing Queen” ...

The group released their first, self-named album the following year, followed by 1997’s Whatever and Ever Amen, which contained the hits “Brick” and “Battle of Who Could Care Less.” With Folds on vocals, Ben Folds Five became known for his or her fresh, soothing tunes and guitar-less sound, getting a ...

The song topped the charts in the U.S. and U.K., making the group a ace. Vocalist. Synni reciprocated using a present of whale meat, as well as the pair struck up a relationship. Eventually Synni became pregnant, but after the war stopped Haase left Norway before his daughter came to ...

Andy Gibb was born in England in 1958. He started his career in Australia before relocating to Miami to work together with his brother, Barry Gibb. While Andy Gibb pursued a solo singing career, his brothers formed the popular 1970s group the Bee Gees. Andy gained popularity and commercial success ...

As a kid, he learned to play the piano, flute and saxophone. Visually impaired from birth, Bocelli became blind in the age of 12 following a football injury. He stays among the planet ‘s most famous vocalists now. He was just 6 years old when he started studying piano. He ...

Produced on November 3, 1982, in Solnechny, Russia (then section of the Soviet Union), Evgeni Plushenko became among the very most decorated men’s figure skating champions ever. Plushenko returned from a nearly yearlong prohibition to win another European title in the year 2012 before harms began taking a toll on ...

He later teamed with Cee Lo Green to form the Grammy-winning duet Gnarls Barkley, which had a significant hit with “Crazy.” He lived in Spring Valley before moving to some suburb of Atlanta during his early teens, where he acquired a passion for hip hop. He afterwards entered a tavern in ...

Several more esteemed records followed, including 1000 Kisses and Downtown Church, which won a Grammy Award. Griffin has performed with Emmylou Harris and Robert Plant, and released the record American Kid in 2013, dedicated to her dad. She found her passion for singing in the age of 12, somewhat determined by ...